Henbique da costa coebea leite



UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE,

HENRIQUE DA COSTA oonRnA LEITE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,247, dated October 23, 1883.

Application filed February 6, 1883. (No specimens.) Patented in Portugal May 31, 1882, N0. 747; in France September 27, 1882; in

Belgium October 11, 1882, and in Italy October 18, 1882, (December 31, 188-2) XVI, 14,723.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRIQUE DA Oosm CORREA LEITE, a subject of the King of Porin Italy, October 18, 1882, (December 31, 1882,)

Vol. XVI, No. 14,723, and in Portugal, dated May 31, 1882, N o. 747;) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new mode of manufacturing the constitutive elements of textile fabrics, cordage, and the like. For this purpose I employ the stems, leaves, and roots of the Galega orientalis or of the Galega ofiicinalis either when in a green or in a dry state. I The plant, either whole or out into pieces of proper length to afford a sufficient length of fiber to be taken therefrom, is placed in aboiler full of water containing from five to ten per cent. of carbonate of potash. The whole is left in this state, either cold or hot, under a pressure a little greater than atmospheric pressure. The operation lasts about two hours. 0

The plant thus disaggregated is converted into flax-like fibers by the ordinary process, in order to produce fibers suitable to be afterward spun or twisted, and to be utilized in the manufacture of cordage and textile or woven fab- 35 rics or tissues.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of practicing the same, I would state that I am ,aware that the galega plant has been used in the manufacture of paper- 40 

